Canadians increase search for US rental homes

The weaker Canadian dollar means fewer Canadians are looking to buy US homes in favour of renting.

Data from real estate site Trulia.com show that Canadians still make up the largest proportion of international searchers on the site (13.8 per cent) but are down by 3 percentage points.

The figures for Canadian searches for homes to buy was down 11.2 per cent in the three months to May 1, 2016 compared to a year earlier while searches for rentals increased by 11 per cent.

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